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Cast: Tom
Hanks , Sally
Field , Gary
Sinise , Robin
Wright ,
Mykelti
Williamson , Hanna
R Hall , Rebecca
Williams , Bob
Penny ,
John
Randall , Sam
Anderson
Stupid is
as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in
an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of
intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his
sub-normal
IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of
the most
memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely
without
trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley
to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy,
serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson,
speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with
the
Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets
Richard Nixon,
discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping
business,
becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run
back and
forth across the country for several years. |